Downers Grove is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 48,638 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Downers Grove is the 29th largest community in Illinois.

Downers Grove is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 87.22% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Downers Grove is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Downers Grove who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.82%), management occupations (13.89%), and sales jobs (13.36%).

Also of interest is that Downers Grove has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Downers Grove is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Downers Grove Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Downers Grove, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Downers Grove is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 46.35% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Downers Grove in 2000 was $31,580, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $126,320 for a family of four. However, Downers Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Downers Grove home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Downers Grove is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Downers Grove include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, English, Czech, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Downers Grove is English. Some people also speak Spanish.